USA Today Network Regional Journalist Ryan Mercer is a five-time National Edward R. Murrow Award winner, more than any other Vermont journalist, all for online video. Mercer covered the Sept. 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, was embedded with the Vermont National Guard in Afghanistan in 2010, and was part of the USA Today team at the Democratic National Convention in 2016. He is also a member of the USA Today Network Northeast Strike Team, tasked with responding to major breaking news events.